Tuesday, July 07, 2009

A Great "Spider" Pattern From Steve Johnson

This is a very productive spider pattern from Steve Johnson aka "Mr. Wet Fly."
The beauty of this fly is it is a generic fly pattern and an easy tie plus it catches fish.
Give it a try!
This is an old English Pattern, per Steve Johnson

Tying Instructions
~ Start the thread behind the hook eye and wrap to the mid-point of the hook shank.
~ Tie in the peacock herls (1 ~ 3 herls) and the hackle by the tips.
~ Make 1 wrap of the peacock herls behind the hackle and wrap to 1 eye length behind the
hook eye.
~ Tie in and cut off excess.
~ Palmer-wrap the hackle to 1 eye length behind the hook eye.
~ Tie in and cut off excess.
~ Wrap and whip-finish a medium sized head.